Anne Putnam and Winnipeg School Division

Winnipeg School Division: Anne Putnam does not like being in the spotlight. When the Winnipeg School Division recognized her for 20 years of volunteering in its Adult English as an Additional Language EAL Program, she was overwhelmed. , according to Winnipeg Free Press. Since 1994, Putnam has helped adult newcomers learn English. Each Wednesday morning, she goes to Sir William Osler School where she spends three hours doing group work with the students. Volunteer Anne Putnam right works with Kyanda Ndelina in the Adult EAL program at Sir William Osler School. Putnam says her students are incredible. "I volunteer because I want to volunteer," said the septuagenarian, who lives in St. James. "There no pressure. It something I absolutely love doing." (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.